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Johannes Heesters, 108 (1903 - 2011)
GEIR MOULSON, The Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — Dutch-born entertainer Johannes Heesters, who made his name performing in Adolf Hitler's Germany and was dogged later in his long career by controversy over his Nazi-era past, died Saturday, his agent said. He was 108.The tenor Heesters made his debut on the big stage at the Volksoper in Vienna, Austria in 1934. His career took off in Berlin where...
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Alexandru Tocilescu, 65 (1946 - 2011)
ALISON MUTLER, The Associated PressBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Alexandru Tocilescu, a respected Romanian theater director equally at home with Shakespeare and his country's national playwright, died on Wednesday. He was 65.Tocilescu died of a heart attack at Bucharest's Floreasca Hospital, doctors said. He had been dogged by ill health for decades, including kidney problems that required dialysis...
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Sena Jurinac, 90 (1921 - 2011)
The Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — Opera singer Sena Jurinac, an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera, has died in southern Germany at age 90.The Vienna State Opera confirmed the death Wednesday, saying it is mourning the loss of a "legendary artist who shaped not only the Vienna State Opera but also the entire opera world." Austrian news agency APA reported that Jurinac died Tuesday at her...
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Liviu Ciulei, 88 (1923 - 2011)
ALINA WOLFE MURRAY, The Associated PressBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Liviu Ciulei, a Romanian film and theater director whose career spanned 50 years and included a top award at the Cannes Film Festival, has died. He was 88.Ciulei — who also served as the artistic director of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and taught at universities in New York — died on Monday night at a hospital in...
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Shammi Kapoor, 79 (1931 - 2011)
The Associated PressMUMBAI, India (AP) — Versatile Indian actor Shammi Kapoor has died after a long career in Bollywood. He was 79.His doctor Bhupendra Gandhi says Kapoor was admitted to Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital two days ago in critical condition. He was on dialysis and died Sunday of kidney failure.Kapoor was hailed for his lighthearted roles in movies. He belonged to Bollywood's well...
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Jeffrey Ash, 65 (1945 - 2011)
The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Ash, a theatrical advertising executive who later became a successful producer for shows on Broadway, off-Broadway and in London's West End, has died. He...
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Allan Eckert, 80 (1931 - 2011)
The Associated PressCHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — Allan Eckert, playwright of the outdoor drama "Tecumseh!" that has drawn millions to central Ohio since 1973, has died.Anthony Stephens of the Jesse...
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Serban Cantacuzino (2011)
The Associated PressBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Serban Cantacuzino, a Romanian prince and actor who starred in films, musicals and children's serials, has died. He was 70.The Uniter theater union...
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Betty Taylor, 90 (1919 - 2011)
CHRISTOPHER WEBER, The Associated PressANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — They shared a stage at Disneyland five days a week for nearly three decades and died within a day of each other.Betty Taylor, who...
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Wally Boag, 90 (2011)
CHRISTOPHER WEBER, The Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — They shared a stage at Disneyland five days a week for nearly three decades and died within a day of each other. Betty Taylor,...
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Giorgio Tozzi, 88 (2011)
The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Award-winning opera singer Giorgio Tozzi has died in Bloomington, Ind. He was 88. Tozzi died on Monday, Linda Holmstrom of Day Funeral Home said...
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Fanus Neagu, 79 (1932 - 2011)
The Associated PressBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian writer Fanus Neagu, who was known for his stories about villages on the River Danube and his football commentaries, has died. He was 79...
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Arthur Laurents, 93 (1917 - 2011)
MARK KENNEDY, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Patti LuPone tells the story of the time Arthur Laurents violated theater folklore: The director, playwright and screenwriter had unwittingly...
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Marian Mercer, 75 (1935 - 2011)
The Associated PressTHOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Tony Award-winning "Promises, Promises" actress Marian Mercer, whose five-decade career also included dozens of television appearances, has died in...
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Lanford Wilson, 73 (1937 - 2011)
MARK KENNEDY, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lanford Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who championed outsiders, the forgotten and overlooked in such plays as "The Hot L...
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Helen Stenborg, 86 (1925 - 2011)
MARK KENNEDY, The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Helen Stenborg, a Tony-nominated stage, film and TV actress who was the wife of the late Tony Award-winning actor Barnard Hughes and mother of the...
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Joyce Sloane, 80 (2011)
The Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — A woman known as the "den mother" to alumni of Chicago's famed The Second City comedy club including John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray has died.Joyce...
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Romulus Linney, 80 (1930 - 2011)
The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Romulus Linney, a prolific playwright whose work ranged from stories set in Appalachia to the Nuremberg trials, has died in New York. He was 80.Linney's wife...
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Ellen Stewart, 91 (1919 - 2011)
MARK KENNEDY, The Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Ellen Stewart, the founder and director of the Off-Off-Broadway pioneering group La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, died Thursday at New York's...
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Shirley Verrett, 79 (1931 - 2010)
RONALD BLUM, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shirley Verrett, an acclaimed American mezzo-soprano and soprano praised for her blazing intensity during a career that spanned four decades,...
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Shannon Tavarez, 11 (1999 - 2010)
Broadway honors 'Lion King' actress MARK KENNEDY, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Broadway theater where "The Lion King" is playing dimmed its lights Tuesday night in honor of a...
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Joseph Stein, 98 (1912 - 2010)
CRISTIAN SALAZAR, The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Joseph Stein, who turned a Yiddish short story into the classic Broadway musical "Fiddler on the Roof" and later wrote the...
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Martin Stepanek, 63 (1947 - 2010)
The Associated PressPRAGUE (AP) — Former Czech culture minister, actor and journalist Martin Stepanek has died. He was 63.Public radio and television say Stepanek killed himself with his gun...
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Glenn Falkenstein, 78 (1932 - 2010)
The Associated PressSAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Glenn Falkenstein, an acclaimed magician whose "spirit cabinet" illusion with wife Frances Willard wowed television audiences and crowds around the...
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Sebastian Horsley, 47 (1962 - 2010)
RAPHAEL G. SATTER, The Associated PressLONDON (AP) — Self-styled dandy and noted British eccentric Sebastian Horsley, who found fame by having himself nailed to a cross in the Philippines, died...
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Marina Semyonova, 101 (2010)
The Associated Press MOSCOW Marina Semyonova, the Bolshoi Ballet's prima ballerina for two decades during the Soviet era, has died. She was 102. The Bolshoi Theater said that Semyonova died...
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Kazuo Ohno, 103 (1906 - 2010)
By YURI KAGEYAMA, Associated Press Writer TOKYO Kazuo Ohno, who brought the Japanese modern dance style of Butoh to the international stage and charmed audiences with eerie but poetic...
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Doris Eaton Travis, 106 (1904 - 2010)
By TOM McELROY, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK The last Ziegfeld Follies Girl has died. Doris Eaton Travis, one of the legendary Ziegfeld Follies chorus girls, who wore elaborate costumes...
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Christine Johnson Smith, 98 (1911 - 2010)
The Associated PressOWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — Christine Johnson Smith, who originated the role of Nettie Fowler in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel" when it debuted on Broadway in 1945, has...
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Craig Noel, 94 (1915 - 2010)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Craig Noel, the founding director of the Old Globe theater in San Diego's Balboa Park, died at his home. He was 94. The theater says Noel died of natural causes Saturday. The...
